Automatic filtering-lubricator for the bushings of spinning-spindles.



PATBNTIID MAY I9, 190s.

Ndl 728,563,

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Patented May 19, 1903.

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JEAN LOUIS GEIS, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

AUTOMATlC FlLTERlNG-LUBRICATOR FOR THE BUSHINGS F SPINNING-SPINDLES.

SPECIFICATIN forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,563, dated May 19, 1903. Application filed September 27, 1902. Serial No. 125,135. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, JEAN LOUIS GEIS, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at Paris,

Spinnin or-spindles turning at a speed of from" l three thousand to ten thousand revolutions per minute `require for their lubrication vaV very fluid and lubricative oil, which by reason of its uidityeasily escapes, runs along the length of the spindle or towhere it is pro` jected by centrifugal force, greasing adjacent objects, and drops onto the ground. The result is a considerable loss of oil and of time 4for frequent cleansings. The novel automatic iiltering-lubricator forming the object of the present application absolutely remedies these inconveniences, the feeding-Wick of which it is composed being arranged so that it does not consume oil during the periods of stoppage of the machine.

The advantages of my invention are economy of oil and of the time required for attendance, cleanliness of the machine, better lubrication, reduction of Wear, and ease of adaptation to existing machines.

The novel automatic filtering-lubricator is represented in the annexed drawings, V.of`

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 1 1, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the-cover and of the reservoir on line 3 3, Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the collar on a larger scale. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the bushing ou the same scale as Fig. et.

In the figures, 1 represents the self-acting spindle; 2, the bushing; 3, the bed-plate, and 4: a cotton wick impregnated with oil. This p wick is fed by capillary attraction from the reservoir 5 and is putin contact with the spindle by means of a groove 10, formed in the side of the bushing.

5 is the oil-reservoir, of glass or of any suitable metal.

6 is a collar in the form of a split cylinder of resilient material, sprung into place on the bushing, so thatit envelops the wick and the bushing. It is furnished with a claw 11, which serves to ix the wick in the groove.

7 is a anged boss xed on the spindle, by

means of which the-oil which descends onto they iange is projected by therotary motion in all directions onto Ythe sides of the reser- -voir.5 and of the cover,A 8 and from there finally descendsinto the bottom of the reser- .voir' 5, whence it remounts again by the wick 4.

8 is the cover, which,v withthe reservoir, incloses the spindle. Said cover comprises a plate inclined toward the reservoir5 and pro- Avided with danges along its ends and outer side and around the openings through which the spindle passes.

9 is the grooved pulley on the spindle 1, by.

means of which it is rotated.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In an automatic tilteringlubricating device for spindles, the combination with a bushing having a slot along its' length, of a inder of resilient material sprung over the bushing and slot and-having one edge engaging with said wick, andan oil-,reservoir into which said wick dips.

p 2. In an automatic filtering lubricating de- Yvice for spindles, the combinationv with a lbushing having a slot' along its length, of a ltering-Wick'disposedin said slot, means for clamping said wick in place, anda glass oilreservoir supported at one side of the spindle and receiving the end of said wick.

t 3. In an automatic filtering lubricating device for spindles, the combination with a bushing having-a slot along its side of a liltering-wick disposed in said slot, means for clamping said Wick in place, a transparent oilreservoir supported at one side ofthe spindle, a iianged collar on the spindle, and an inclined plate surrounding said spindle below the collar and terminating at the oil-reservoir. l

In testimony whereof I have signed-this speciication in the'presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JEAN Louis e-"Eisgy Witnesses:

ROBERT KLOLIG., GEORGE CAscIER.

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